President Bell Dr. Robert Bell
President, Tennessee Technological University
 
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  President Robert Bell

Became the university's eighth president when he took office on July 1, 2000. He joined the TTU faculty in 1976 as chairman of the Department of Managing and Marketing after serving as Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Personnel and Business Psychology at the University of North Florida. He was named Assistant Dean and Associate Dean before being named College of Business Dean in 1991.
 
Several of his leadership appointments are listed below:
  • Charter member of the Governor's Board of Directors for the Tennessee Quality Award
  • Four terms on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
  • Economic development consultant for the World Bank, chairing the Panel of Judges for the National Quality Award of Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean
  • Recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce for outstanding service to the nation as a quality examiner
  • State delegate on a trade mission to Japan and a Tennessee representative at the White House Conference on NAFTA
  • Member of the national candidacy committee AACSB and the International Association for Management Education
  • President of the Southern Business Administration Association for Management Education
  • Editorial boards for Production and Inventory Management Journal and Advanced Management Journal

University of Florida, Business Administration, Ph.D. in 1972, Master's degree in 1970, Bachelor's degree in 1969

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